People Ex Rel. Lichtenstein v. . Langan
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered Hay 7, 1909, which affirmed an order of Special Term sustaining a writ of habeas corpus and directing that the relator be released from custody. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion of Haight, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Haight, J.:
The relator was arrested by virtue of a warrant, upon information filed by the district attorney with the Court of Special Sessions in the city of New York, in which information the relator was accused of the crime of engaging in bookmaking. The information charged that “ The said Sol Lichtenstein, William Brown <and Louis Mayer on the 23d day of September, 1908, at the Borough of Brooklyn, of the city of New York, in the county of Kings, on the grounds of a private inclosure known as the race-course of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, a domestic corporation, where certain trials and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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